

The refurbished attraction includes an adjusted storyline and Audio Animatronics based on the movies and opened June 26 2006. Because of the back-to-back setup, filming for Dead Man's Chest was not finished until February 7 2006.ĭead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on June 24 2006, two days prior to the reopening day of the refurbished Pirates of the Caribbean attraction on which the movie series is based. The filmmakers are largely shooting the two sequels back-to-back, à la The Matrix Trilogy, although throughout 2005 primary filming was for Dead Man's Chest, with only a handful of scenes for the third movie being shot. The sequel also includes location shooting in Dominica as well as The Bahamas. Locations were in the Costa Alegre, in Jalisco (Mexico) and Barrouallie, St. The title for the first sequel was revealed to be Dead Man's Chest, and a second sequel was promised for a May 2007 theatrical release. Information about the two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was presented at a Disney Investor Conference Studio Presentation in 2005. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is set to follow on May 25, 2007. As of its date of close, December 7 2006, the film has made $423,315,812 in the U.S. The movie set several records in its first three days, with an opening weekend of $135,600,000. The film was released in Australia and the United Kingdom on July 6, 2006, and in the United States and Canada on July 7, 2006. Joining the cast are Bill Nighy, who portrays the villainous Davy Jones and Stellan Skarsgård playing Will Turner's father, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner. Also returning are Jack Davenport as Commodore James Norrington and Jonathan Pryce as Governor Weatherby Swann. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley reprise their roles as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, respectively. The sequel is again directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 pirate adventure film that follows the 2003 summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
